The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers: Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect, to Improve Their Language and Sentiments, and to Inculcate Some of the Most Important Principles of Piety and Virtue : with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingIsaac Collins and Son, 1802 - 366 páginas |
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... whole of a difcourfe .、 To fhow the ufe and neceffity of tones , we need only obferve , that the mind , in communicating its ideas , is in a constant state of activity , emotion , or agitation , from the different effects which thofe ...
... whole of a difcourfe .、 To fhow the ufe and neceffity of tones , we need only obferve , that the mind , in communicating its ideas , is in a constant state of activity , emotion , or agitation , from the different effects which thofe ...
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... whole conduct and character of men , are influenced by the example and difpo- fition of the perfons with whom they affociate , is a reflection which has long fince paffed into a pro- verb , and been ranked among the ftanding maxims of ...
... whole conduct and character of men , are influenced by the example and difpo- fition of the perfons with whom they affociate , is a reflection which has long fince paffed into a pro- verb , and been ranked among the ftanding maxims of ...
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... whole nature . Confi- der yourselves not only as fenfitive , but as rational beings ; not only as rational , but focial ; not only as focial , but immortal Art thou poor Show thyfelf active and in- Art thou duftrious , peaceable and ...
... whole nature . Confi- der yourselves not only as fenfitive , but as rational beings ; not only as rational , but focial ; not only as focial , but immortal Art thou poor Show thyfelf active and in- Art thou duftrious , peaceable and ...
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... whole foad of human forrows : Would they look with a more impartial eye on the world , they would fee themfelves furrounded with fufferers ; and find that they are only drinking out of that mixed cup , which Providence has prepared for ...
... whole foad of human forrows : Would they look with a more impartial eye on the world , they would fee themfelves furrounded with fufferers ; and find that they are only drinking out of that mixed cup , which Providence has prepared for ...
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... whole character ; and produces guilt , difgrace , and mifery . To be entirely deftitute of it , is a defect . To be governed by it , is depravity . The proper adjustment of the feveral principles of ac- tion in human nature , is a ...
... whole character ; and produces guilt , difgrace , and mifery . To be entirely deftitute of it , is a defect . To be governed by it , is depravity . The proper adjustment of the feveral principles of ac- tion in human nature , is a ...
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